LONZA AG v. BLUM

No. 04-01-00483-CV.

70 S.W.3d 184 (2001)

LONZA AG, Appellant, v. Stephen BLUM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

November 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry F. McNeil, Debra J. McComas, Ronald W. Breaux, Sarah R. Teachout, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., Dallas, Dennis P. Orr, Thomas M. Mueller, Mayer, Brown & Platt, New Yourk, NY, Charles W. Shipman, Stephen P. Allison, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P., San Antonio, for Appellant.

Leonard W. Yelsky, Yelsky & Lonardo, Cleveland, OH, for Appellee.

Sitting: ALMA L. LÓPEZ, PAUL W. GREEN, and SARAH B. DUNCAN, Justices.


OPINION

ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Justice.

Lonza AG appeals an interlocutory order denying its special appearance to contest personal jurisdiction. We find insufficient contacts with the State of Texas to assert general jurisdiction over the Swiss corporation, and the extension of long arm jurisdiction under the circumstances presented here would not comport with our traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice. Therefore, the order denying Lonza AG...

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